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Action and Page 5 interaction between and among individuals and groups). To illustrate such continuity in the midst of change, this book will investigate the social interactions within a traditional congregation and between congregations of the Seminole Baptist church community. A Critique of Assimilation, Acculturation, and Ethnicity Models Ethnographers have tended to disregard Christianized native peoples, apparently assuming that they have assimilated into the larger Anglo world. , Linton 1940; Powers 1977; Hudson 1976) who have studied them have done so only to contrast Christian natives with more "conservative" and "traditional" native religionists.

He decides at each moment, consciously or unconsciously, how to behave'' (Goffman 1967:36). " It may be withdrawn from him by his social peers "unless he conducts himself in a way that is worthy of it" (Goffman 1967:10). Attention to face (face maintenance and face enhancement), therefore, becomes a primary consideration in virtually all social encounters; and strategic consideration of one's face can easily be viewed as the primary explanation for choices in social action. Socialized members of a community have deep feelings attached to their faces, making them vulnerable to the scrutiny of peers and exposing Page 11 them to social sanctions.

My approach is considerably different from that taken in the past. Previous anthropological studies have usually viewed the adoption of Christianity as an element of assimilation, that is, as a step toward the inevitable total immersion into the dominant Anglo world. Such a perspective does not adequately explain the Seminole Baptist situation. The Seminole Baptists are not assimilated; they are culturally unique and maintain a distinct identity. Moreover, rather than being a huge step toward assimilation into the dominant Anglo system, their adoption of Christianitytheir church systemactually functions to maintain their unique identity as Seminoles within the dominant Anglo system.

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